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Effect of Standards on Sub-Saharan African Countries’Agricultural Exports

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of public standards (SPS, TBT) on Sub-Saharan Africa’s exports of food, which represent less than 3% of world food exports. This situation is accentuated by the standards on agricultural goods. A modest contribution has been made both theoretically and empirically. Theoretically, the basic model has been criticized and subsequently reformulated by incorporating the cost function of food production in the exporting country. This reformulation made it possible to build a model, the methodology of which was developed by several authors. Empirical analysis shows that SPS and TBT standards have a negative impact on agricultural exports of the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.

Source: Research on World Agricultural Economy

DOI: 10.36956/rwae.v5i4.1066

Authors: Dontsi Dontsi, Alexis Nankap Seujib

Institution: Université de Yaoundé II

Language: English

Topic: Global trade and economics

Subfield: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $400